1785-First U.S. state university chartered, Athens GA
1918-"Tarzan of the Apes", 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater
1924-Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square
1944-Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed
1945-Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)
1953-Netherlands end Marshall aid
1983-World's longest subaqueous tunnel (53.90 km) opens, Honshu-Hokkaido
1984-John & Yoko release "Milk & Honey" album
1984-Los Angeles Kings end Wayne Gretzky's NHL-record 51-game scoring streak
1990-Dissolution of Polish communist party
1992-Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty)
1993-D.C.-3 crashes in Kinshasa, killing 12
1994-Romanian social-democrats form government with anti-Semites
1995-69th Australian Open Women's Tennis Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62)
1996-15-day-old Siamese twins separated-Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies
1996-70th Australian Open Women's Tennis Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61)
1996-Germany celebrates its 1st Holocaust Remembrance Day
1997 24th American Music Award Toni Braxton & Alanis Morissette win
1918-"Tarzan of the Apes", 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater
1924-Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square
1944-Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed
1945-Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)
1953-Netherlands end Marshall aid
1983-World's longest subaqueous tunnel (53.90 km) opens, Honshu-Hokkaido
1984-John & Yoko release "Milk & Honey" album
1984-Los Angeles Kings end Wayne Gretzky's NHL-record 51-game scoring streak
1990-Dissolution of Polish communist party
1992-Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty)
1993-D.C.-3 crashes in Kinshasa, killing 12
1994-Romanian social-democrats form government with anti-Semites
1995-69th Australian Open Women's Tennis Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62)
1996-15-day-old Siamese twins separated-Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies
1996-70th Australian Open Women's Tennis Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61)
1996-Germany celebrates its 1st Holocaust Remembrance Day
1997 24th American Music Award Toni Braxton & Alanis Morissette win